THURSDAYS EPISODE ON WHAT LIFE TOOK FROM ME (LO QUE LA VIDA ME ROBO) EPISODE 43 The men on the ground have dressed for the rain in serviceable black nylon capes. The swishing noise of the nylon makes it even harder for us to hear what is happening. We get glimpses of the action; Loreto tells JL/Ant to shoot Alejandro, JL/Ale fires but he has no intention of harming Ale—he has emptied his gun of bullets. Loreto takes a real shot at Alejandro as Ale comes closer on his horse. Ale falls or jumps off the beast. JL/Ant loads his gun, this time for real, and calls, “Loreto!” Loreto turns to face JL/Ant and Jose Luis fires, hitting Loreto square in the chest. Loreto falls to the ground, dead. A drop of rain falls from his hood onto JL’s nose. It looks like a tear and it falls from the tip of his nose to the ground. A small curl of smoke goes up from the gun and Jose Luis Alvarez looks as though he will be sick. Perhaps his life to-date just flashed before his eyes. Jose Luis knows that homicide can be justified or even forgiven but its resonances will stay with a man for his lifetime. He will never be the same. Big House In the Hacienda Almonte kitchen, a distressed Montserrat has just discovered that the money that Alejandro left locked in his desk drawer is missing. She tells Rosario that Ale ordered her to get money from the drawer for Macario to use to pay some Hacienda expenses, but when she opened the drawer, it was empty. There were only two keys—Ale kept one and he gave the other to Monse. Could someone have broken into Montserrat’s room to steal the second key? She is afraid that the discovery of the missing money will make things worse between she and Alejandro, just when they were starting to get along. Rosario is of the opinion that Maria must be behind the theft. Montse agrees. Nothing Maria does surprises her. Rosario offers to take the blame for losing the key, but Montserrat says she will tell Ale. She has to. Maria comes in and Montserrat asks her if she stole the key from Montserrat’s room and all the money from Alejandro’s desk. Maria calls her crazy and challenges Montse—just who will Alejandro believe, Montserrat or Maria. Dim and Addled also come into the room and Montse tells them that she hopes they had nothing to do with the theft. Dim looks at Addled and tells him that he wants half. Dimitrio knows that Adolfo is lying when he says that he had nothing to do with the theft. Rainy Forest Alejandro walks slowly toward Jose Luis Antonio with his gun outstretched. “What happened?” he demands of JL. JL tells Ale that when he saw that Loreto was aiming to shoot Alejandro, he shot Loreto instead. There is no sign of Jose Luis Alvarez, JL/Ant tells Alejandro. The whole thing was a trap for Alejandro. JL tells some of the truth. Loreto offered him a lot of money to kill Ale. He pretended to accept it so that he could protect Ale from the corrupt Police Captain. If he had not accepted the deal, someone else would have been hired to kill Ale and JL/Ant thought that this decision was best for the both of them. Ale says that, once again, he owes JL his life. He will go to the authorities, tell them that Loreto is dead and he was apparently killed by the robbers who are frequenting the area. They leave, together. Big House Montse tells Tia Carlota that she is worried. Ale left on some errand with Jose Luis. He would not tell her what he was up to. Tia Carlota rails on Jose Luis but Montserrat defends JL’s character—he is not a creep like her brother. Montse is worried that Ale puts great trust in JL/Ant. They are becoming friends. Ale comes in at this moment and announces that the police need to be called. Efrain Loreto is dead at the hands of the robbers who have been troubling the folks in the area. Montserrat and he leave as she tuts that he needs a bath—he is soaked to the skin. Victor and Nadia Angst fills the room where Nadia and Victor have just made love. She worries that she will once again lose Victor, but Victor tells her that there was a reason he repudiated her in the past. Pedro found out about them, had him beaten, implied that he would kill Nadia and had a gun put to his head to force Victor to break up with Nadia. Nadia cannot believe that Pedro knows about them. Victor persuades her that she cannot confront her crazy husband now. They have to be very discreet and find a way for her to be rid of Pedro. Pedro’s New Minion Ezequiel reports to Pedro that both Loreto and Juventino are dead, supposedly killed by the local robbers. Pedro doesn’t like this development at all. He wants the person responsible for the two deaths. EZ makes a pitch to Pedro that he should be the new Police Chief because he is trustworthy, loyal, and discreet. Pedro tells him to find the killers of Juventino and Loreto. Then they will discuss EZ’s future. Ranch Back on the ranch, JL fills Rufugio in on the confusing events of the past few days. He promises Refugio that they will leave tonight. In their bedroom, Ale tells Montse that, once again, JL/Antonio saved his life. Montse thinks that Ale would have done the same for Antonio. Ale is a noble, good-hearted man. Ale has noticed her being nicer to him and he wants to know what is going on. She says she was very confused and there were so many ugly things between them. Ale tells Montserrat that he loves her and he asks her to tell him the same. She says she does not deserve him. He tells he that he wants to forget the past and be happy with her. They share a sweet and deepening kiss. Later, Montserrat confesses to Rosario that she has not yet told Alejandro about the missing money. Rosario thinks it may have been Maria, but Montse thinks there are other possible suspects. She searches Dimitrio’s room and finds him gone. She is sure he has gone to Hacienda Arechiga. Tia Carlota says that she hopes Dimitrio will prosper in his pursuit of Angelica. An exasperated Montse says that the last thing Angelica needs is a jerk like her brother. Carlota offers the dicho, “El que a un buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija”. Roughly translated, “He who takes shelter under a good tree, gets good shelter”. Carlota is of the romantic opinion that Good Angelica could be a good influence on bad Dimitrio. Montserrat tells her Aunt that Dimitrio is never going to change. Just look at how he tricked poor Josefina in order to get money from her. Now she is afraid that her only brother has stolen money from her husband, Alejandro. She doesn’t want more problems with Alejandro now that she realizes how much she loves him. JL/Antonio comes in the room and asks to see Alejandro. Montse leaves to fetch her husband and Tia Carlota rips into Jose Luis again. But his time, JL stops her. He says that Carlota’s sister-in-law; Graciela, nephew Dimitrio and perhaps even she have ruined his life. He had a career. He had a woman he loved with all his heart. Now he has to live the rest of his life as a fugitive. He doesn’t want to hear Carlota tell him that he is the cause of all of the Mendoza’s problems! What is done is done. Hacienda Arechiga Angelica is looking wan, as she lies against fluffy pillows in her sickbed. She does not understand why Antonio did not come to see her after Virginia gave him the message. Virginia suggests that maybe he doesn’t share Angelica’s sentiments. Angie agrees, he is in love with someone who cannot return his love. But Angelica wants what she wants. She is in love with Antonio and she wants to see him now. She has to see him and tell him many things. Virginia leaves to go distract their mother so that Angie can sneak out of the house through the balcony. Angelica looks at herself in the mirror and weeps as she picks up her meds. She is not looking good at all. Downstairs, Amelia welcomes Dimitrio to Hacienda Arechiga. He goes with Virginia to greet Angelica—but she is gone. Dimitrio wants to know where she is but Virginia distracts him by grabbing him and planting a big kiss on his undeserving mouth. Hacienda Almonte, Again Angelica arrives at the Foreman’s house just as Refugio is packing up to leave. Refugio tells her that he and Antonio are leaving today and they will not be back. Angelica looks crushed. Antonio tells Alejandro goodbye. He is leaving the ranch. He has personal matters to attend to. Ale wants JL/Antonio to stay. He says that just today he told his wife that Antonio is a very valiant and brave man. It is not easy to find men like him. JL/Ant looks sickened by the compliment and Montserrat, standing behind her husband and looking at JL/Ant seems equally uncomfortable. Montserrat begs her husband to let JL go, he has his reasons to leave. Ale heads toward his office to pay JL/Ant when Macario bursts in and tells the assembled group that the ranch is crawling with police. They have come to arrest Antonio Olivares for the death of Efrain Loreto. Ale tells JL to lock himself in his office. Alejandro tells Macario to get the head policeman. No one on the ranch is to say that they have seen Antonio. After what Antonio did for him today, Alejandro will not turn him over to the authorities! EZ, the shady policeman in grey blue, swaggers to Alejandro that he knows Antonio was the last person to see Loreto alive. Ale says that he found Loreto’s body and that he is sure that local robbers killed Loreto. Anyway, Antonio Olivares no longer works on Hacienda Almonte. The police will have to go elsewhere to find him. In the office of the Regional President, President Pedro Medina is telling Joaquin Arechiga the same story that EZ is spouting to Alejandro. He believes Alejandro Almonte is behind all this. When Joaquin insists that Almonte would not deal in cold blood, an incandescent Pedro insists that his Capitaz would! They should be arresting Antonio right about now at the Hacienda Almonte… But, at the same time, Alejandro is telling Antonio that he cannot leave. EZ the dirty cop suspects him. Antonio should no leave the ranch until Antonio’s name can be cleared— Loreto must be shown to be a dirty cop. JL/Ant insists that he has to leave, today. Ale tells him he will have Macario take them into town in a truck, after dark. That way it will be easier for Antonio to escape. At Hacienda Arechiga, Angie returns just as Joaquin arrives. Aguazul Police Capitan Loreto has been killed today. They found his body on Hacienda Almonte and Pedro Medina told Joaquin that the authorities suspect Alejandro’s foreman, Antonio Olivares, committed the crime. Dimitrio outs Angie by telling her parents that she and Antonio were friends. Didn’t he see her with Antonio at the Stock Fair? Angie faints on the spot. Her parents call her Mexico City doctors for advice. They are going to take her back to DF. JL tells Refugio about Alejandro helping him. He tries to separate himself from Refugio but Refugio will not agree. Angelica and Dimitrio have it out in her bedroom. Why did Dimmy out her to her parents? Because Antonio is a criminal and Dim cares about Angie. Angie snorts that she knows that Antonio is innocent. She tells Dimmy that Virginia likes him and that he should leave her alone. Tia Carlota tells Adolfo to leave the ranch. She thinks he had something to do with the theft of the money. Meanwhile, Maria tells Alejandro about the theft of the money and says that Montserrat will try to blame it all on her. She cries and tries to look pitiful, as he asks why Montserrat had not yet told him about the missing money. As he goes to find Montserrat, Aldolfo finds Maria. He threatens her, “Do not even think of saying one word about me regarding the theft. Because if you do, not only will I tell Alejandro that you helped me in everything, but he will also know you slept with me.” Nice. Ale finds Montserrat and berates her for not telling him about the missing money immediately. She tells Ale what happened. She is afraid of his anger. He tells her that he is not a monster. He is angry with the person ho stole the money, not with her. She is the most important person in the world to him. “Te amo,” says Montserrat to Alejandro. He has been waiting a long time to hear those words. They come together in another lovely beso. Alejandro asks why Montse suspected Maria. Montse admits that she also suspects someone else, Dimitrio. Dimitrio left today for Hacienda Arechiga. Montserrat and Ale agree that Dimmy is not as taken with Angelica as he pretends. Ale promises to do something to protect Angelica from Dimitrio. Adolfito heads back to his room to find that he has been robbed of the money he stole from Alejandro. Meanwhile, Dimitrio gloats and counts his cash as he unloads his suitcase in his new room at Hacienda Arechiga. Truly, there is no honor amongst these thieves
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:16:02 +0000
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